Baling press



BALING PRESS Filed April 28. 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet l Q #J'Z'ness; I I V 61mm,

Oct. 13, 1931. c. A. KISB Y I muse PnEs Filed April 28, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 13, 1331 c. A. KISBY BALING PRESS Filed April 28, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 flvwantoz:

Patented Oct 13, 193 I cxAn ns A. KIBBYQO! VKORGAUNAVIYLLE, KANSAS, nssrenon OFVONE-THIVRID 'TD muss i1 r 1 momrrrmor CLAY CENTER-KANSAS, j 1 Q;-

i m m PRESS A ncatimi filed April 23,

a. machineof this character which may be drawn back and forth through a fieldby means'of a tractor or othermotive power and resolve hay from a loader coupled tothe rear [of thepress, compress the hay into bales and deposit the lattereither upon thegro'und f atone side of the press orupona rackfcan m ried 'by a'farm' wagon driven beside the dey livery end of the baling press, thereby saving time and laborover the old method of gathering the hay from the field, stacking the 7 ha and then balingfrom the stack.

Th order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now beha'd to the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Fig. '1, is; abroken sideelevation of'a'bal- "ing press made in accordance with the invention. Y 1

Fig-Sisal) 'Fig. 3is press. c r

Fig. 4 is'&

lien continuation of Fig'. 1. a: broken plan view of the baling broken continuation of Fig. 3.

i -26 Fig. 5 is'abroken vertical longitudinal section of the press on line 5'5 o Figq3.

Fig. 6 is a broken horizontal longitudinal section of the press on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 isan end elevationof-th press.

w I Fig 8 is a detail of the ratchet mechanism through whioh the baling' and other mechanisms of the press are driven from the two rear transport wheels'of the latter.

Referringin detail to the different parts, 2 designates a hopper containing an endlessmain conveyor 4;which receives the ma-- terial tobe'baled fromia hay. loader A- de- Ttachably connected by link-5.110 the" rear; end of. the balingpressinorder to be drawn through the. field for the purpose of gather 1 ring the hay and discharging it onto the icon};

7 :veyer 4. The conveyor 4 "extends "longitu- .din'ally 'of the prem and asit is desirable to have it, of, less width. than. the. hay loader H 1 conveyor: 4to thefront portion ofthe hopper I, 1 have Provided a-Jpair of ,shortauxiliar =-.tnnsverse=conveyexs (it-for receiving pore tion' of the material from said hay-loader:

v and,conducting it to'thev main conveyer 4, at)? opposite sides oi'lwhich latter said auxnaled in bearings 18 fixed tooppositesides a cog'wheel 30 fixedly mounted upon the r 7 drive shaft 32 of the main conveyer 4 1- verse directions to deliver the, material there lowered by crank shafts 54and 56, the former-j 1923. Serial no." 273,57a

iliary conveyors 6' are arranged as shown by The main conveyer 4 is drivenfrorhthe two large rear drive wheels'8 of the baling vpress by the following mechanism. 10 (let- ,si'gnates the rear axle which is equipped with two fixedly'mounted ratchet wheel's'll enclosed in casings 12 fixed to-the wheels. 8. The casings 12 are vprovided with pivotally mounted pawls"13 which are yieldablv po I pressed by springs 14 into engagementwith the ratchet wheels 11 to drive the latter for- V 'wardly and also to allow one i of the drive wheels 8 to travel faster than-the other when the press is turning around in the field. Thq b axlelO is equipped with a pair-0f :fixedly mounted master cog wheels 15 for driving,

a pair of cog wheels 16 which are mounted upon and drive'a main crankshaft 17 *jourof the rear portion of the'baling press. The crank shaft 17 is provided at one endwith a fixedly mounted sprocket wheel20rwhich drives an endless sprocket chain 22 which 'inturn drives a sprocket wheel 2 1 fixedly fixedly mounted cog wheel 28 which drives The auxiliary conveyers dare driven in re; 7.

on to-the main conveyerd through the intermediary of bevel gears'iii fixed uponthe drive'shaft-32', bevel gears36, sprocket wheels 38 fixed to said bevel. gears 36, sprocket the hopper 2 and the adjacent lends ofthe, 9o

.auxiliaryconveyers 6-by inclined boards or deflectors 46, and the material is prevented from beingcarried-amund under said con- 7 veyersd strips or deflectors48.

Asithe material is delivered by the: IILL11S1A95 2,-said material is forced d0'wnwardly, into the feed chamber 5O 0f: the balingv pressby means of a condenser 52 which israiSedand V s" V mounted upon a countershaftZd having a of which is longer than the latter so that said condenser 52 will be carried down from the horizontal position disclosed by Fig. 1 to the vertical position shown by Fig. 5. The crank shaft 56 is mounted upon the crank shaft 54 which is rockably mounted in bearings 58 in opposite sides of the hopper 2. One end of the crank shaft 54 extends through the adjacent side of the hopper and is provided with a fixedly-mounted crank 60 which is rocked to and fro by a connecting bar 62 actuated by a crank 64 fixed to one end of the main crank shaft 17.

The condenser 52 consists of a bar with two lateral shoulders at its lower end and when making its upward stroke its lower end is swung forwardly and upwardly by the action of the crank shafts 54 and 56, so as not to impede delivery of the material from the conveyor 4 to the feed chamber 50.

On each downward movement of the condenser 52 a charge of the material is forced into the feed chamber 50 in advance of a reciprocatory plunger 66, which is actuated by a pitman 68 operably connected at its rear end to the main crank shaft 17. On each forward movement of the plunger 66 a charge of the material is forced into the baling case 70 and behind a pair of retainers 72, against which the usual division blocks, not shown, for dividing the bales from each other are placed one by one. Any material caught between the upper forward portion of the plunger 66 and the forward portion of the feed chamber 50 is forced downwardly in front of said plunger by a tucker 7 4, yieldably held in its lowermost position, Fig. 5, by coil springs 76 which are tensioned by thumb nuts 78 threaded upon rods 80 secured to the top of the baling case 70 and extending upwardly through the tucker 7 4 and the springs 7 6.

As the material is compressed into bales the latter are bound by wire in the usual way and forced outwardly through the forward end of the baling case 70 upon a chute The chute 84 is a continuation of the baling case 70 and is curved laterally to discharge the bales either upon the ground, out of the path of the baling press and the loader, or

onto a rack carried upon the running gear ofa farm wagon which maybe driven beside said baling press.

The forward portion of the baling case 70 is mounted upon a front axle 86 having a tongue 87 to which a tractor or other motive power, not shown, may be coupled. front axle 86 is provided with a pair of transport wheels 88 and pivotally mounted upon a king-bolt 90 so that the baling press may be guided as it is drawn from place to place. i

The gear wheels 16 are slidably mounted upon the main crank shaft 17 so that they may be thrown out of engagement with the The master gears 15 when it is desired to stop the conveyers 4 and 6, the condenser 52 and the plunger 66. That portion of the crank shaft 17 upon which the gears 16 are mounted is rectangular in cross section in order to drive said gears 16 and permit them to be thrown in and out of engagement with the master gears 15 by suitable shifting mechanism. In the present instance said shifting mechanism consists of levers 92 which are forked at their g forward ends to fit over the grooved hubs 94 of the gear wheels 16 and provided with studs or lugs 96 which project into the grooved portions of said hubs 94, pivots 98 upon which the levers 40 are fixed, arms 100 fixed 80 to the lower ends of the pivots 96, a pair of links 102 pivotally connected to the arms 100, a rod 104 pivotally connected at its rear end to the overlapping ends of the links 102, a-connecting rod 106 pivotally secured at its 85 rear end to the forward end of the rod 104, it crank 108 pivotally connected to the forward end of the connecting rod 106 and fixedly mounted upon a shaft 110, and a hand lever 112 fixed to the shaft and extending up; 99 wardly near one side of the baling press within convenient reach of a workman standing upon one of the running boards 114 suspended from the baling case 82. I

From the foregoing description it is ap 95 parent that T have provided a baling press in which the endless conveyers 4 and 6, the condenser 52 and the plunger 66 are driven from the drive wheels 8 of said baling press. It is also apparent that the functions of: gathering the hay or other material, com pressing it intobales, and delivering the completed bales either upon the ground or upon a vehicle driven beside the press is automaticallyaccomplished and consequently maximum amount of work may be performed at a minimum expense of time and labor.

vVhile I have shown a preferred arrangement of the baling press, I reserve all rights to such changes and modifications thereof as; 310 properly fall within the spirit and'scope' of the invention as claimed. V l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and, desire to secure by Letters Patent,is: p I H5 In a baling press a feed chamber,a plunger operably mounted in said feed :chamber, a hori zontally disposed con'veyer located immedlately over said plunger and arranged to discl'iarge into the feed chamber, two short, horizontally disposed conveyers located above and at opposite sides of the first-mentioned conveyor for discharging uponftheflatter, and a hopper extending above" and around three sides of the first mentioned conveyer and having lateral extensions projecting above and extending around three sides of said short conveyers.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

I "OHARLESAIKI B :3 

